Looking perhaps as if it belongs on another world, this Pride of Barbados plant blooms brightly in the summer sun in Kenedy Monday afternoon. Also known as the Mexican Bird of Paradise, these colorful plants have flourished across Karnes County recently thanks to some much needed recent summer rains.

Looking perhaps as if it belongs on another world, this Pride of Barbados plant blooms brightly in the summer sun in Kenedy Monday afternoon. Also known as the Mexican Bird of Paradise, these colorful plants have flourished across Karnes County recently thanks to some much needed recent summer rains.